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    An Open Letter to Playboy From Black Women
    Black Women's Blueprint
    • Jul 8, 2019
    • 7 min

    An Open Letter to Playboy From Black Women

    We are writing this letter to stop the sexual violence intervention movement from being bamboozled by Playboy. This letter is as much to the
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    Celebrating the 3rd Anniversary of the Black Women's Truth and Reconciliation Commission
    Black Women's Blueprint
    • May 1, 2019
    • 2 min

    Celebrating the 3rd Anniversary of the Black Women's Truth and Reconciliation Commission

    Today marks three years since the first Black Women’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission took place, and we are still fighting each day.
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    Survivor Stories: Patsey
    Black Women's Blueprint
    • Feb 23, 2019
    • 1 min

    Survivor Stories: Patsey

    Patsey, an enslaved Black woman, endured severe abuse at the hands of slave master Edwin Epps and his family.
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    Survivor Stories: Joan Little
    Black Women's Blueprint
    • Feb 18, 2019
    • 1 min

    Survivor Stories: Joan Little

    Joan Little was charged with first-degree murder in 1974 after stabbing a white prison guard who sexually assaulted her at Beaufort County j
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    Survivor Stories: Margaret Garner
    Black Women's Blueprint
    • Feb 15, 2019
    • 2 min

    Survivor Stories: Margaret Garner

    Margaret Garner, a Black enslaved woman, resolved to end the lives of her children so that they would not be returned to slavery.
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    Survivor stories: Harriet Ann Jacobs
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    • Feb 6, 2019
    • 2 min

    Survivor stories: Harriet Ann Jacobs

    Harriet Jacobs endured sexual assault and intense labor before escaping to freedom and writing the first-ever autobiography by a Black slave
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    blueprintny
    • Dec 3, 2018
    • 3 min

    Here's How You Can Help Make Sure the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Is Reauthorized

    Char Adams Time is running out. On Dec. 7, the Violence Against Women Act will lapse if Congress doesn’t take permanent action to reauthorize the landmark legislation. The Act (commonly known as VAWA) was first enacted in 1994 to address domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking and has been reauthorized ever since — until now. It’s fate hung in the balance in recent months before it was extended on Sept. 30 through Dec. 7. But that’s not enough. This l
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    Why the November Issue of Essence is Necessary Reading for Black Folks Right Now.
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    • Nov 28, 2018
    • 3 min

    Why the November Issue of Essence is Necessary Reading for Black Folks Right Now.

    Sharaya Tindal Wiesendanger In a month inundated with state-sanctioned violence against immigrants and refugees, police brutality against Black men’s bodies and intimate partner violence ending Black women’s lives, it might be hard to find inspiration among the suffering. Before this month of trauma draws to a close, we at Black Women’s Blueprint would like to celebrate the great work of Essence magazine and their November print issue. Here are just a few reasons we believe E
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    Heads Up Black Women! Watch VAWA
    blueprintny
    • Oct 13, 2018
    • 5 min

    Heads Up Black Women! Watch VAWA

    Farah Tanis, CoFounder, Black Women's Blueprint Black Women's Blueprint released its VAWA countdown 20 days before the VAWA expiration due date of September 30, 2018, placing VAWA squarely in the middle of grassroots debates about the MeToo movement and talks about sexual assault. We did this in alignment with the following Call to Action by the National Task Force (NTF) a group of over 50 national organizations working to impact policy that protect the rights of survivors of
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    10 Things To Know This Week
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    • Mar 1, 2018
    • 1 min

    10 Things To Know This Week

    Be on the lookout for Black Women's Blueprint Media Mentions and Footprints each week. Check out where we left our mark in the last week of Black Herstory Month and other important announcements! Photo: Wings Not Meant to Fly, by Jamea Richmond Edwards 1.These black women are working to take down R. Kelly. And that’s only step one. Read the  ANALYSIS | #MuteRKelly and sexual violence against women of color 2.Check out this America Uprising Segment titled "We Didn't Just Begin
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